Performing an Advanced Search

Use the advanced search if too few
or too many results were obtained from the simple search. To access
the advanced search, click the Advanced Search link in the Search
portlet or the Search link in the universal navigation header on any
page.

Enter
a word or phrase in one of the first three search fields, then click
the Search button.

You can also use the following options on the Advanced
Search page:

Search for all the words and Search for any of the words

By default, all search terms longer
than 3 characters are surrounded by wildcards on both sides. For example,
searching for intermedia also
finds intermediate. Searching
for sql or aq does not use wildcards, because those terms have 3
or fewer characters. If you include typical wildcard characters, such
as %, _, *, and ?, in your search terms, they are interpreted as literal
characters rather than wildcards.

Search for
the exact phrase

Quotes
are not required, and because all searches are not case sensitive,
you do not need to enter a word in all capital letters.

Don't show results containing this word or phrase

(Optional) Enter words
or phrases to be excluded from the search results (similar to the
Boolean search operator NOT).

Show this many results on
each page

(Optional)
Expand the number of displayed search results by changing the selection
from 10 (default), to 20, 50, or 100.

Show results
where the words are

(Optional) Identify whether the search words can be anywhere in the
topic or only in the topic title.

Only show results
from this book

(Optional)
Select from a list of all products or subjects within the product
line. For example, if you are searching within PeopleTools help, the
list contains every PeopleTools product and subject title.

Only show results of this type

(Optional) Filter the search results
by type of content, such as tasks or concepts.

Note: The task and concept types may limit
your search more than you expect, since some topics are not labeled
as either task or concept. The Examples, Error Messages, and Glossary
Terms types do not apply to PeopleSoft Online Help and may return
unexpected results.

Viewing Search Results

The Search Results
page displays information about the current query, the total number
of search results that were found, and the number of results on the
current page.

If the results are not sufficient,
you can select another product line from the Product Line drop-down
list box and perform the search again. If the results contain information
that's not relevant for you, you can filter the results by clicking
a link in one of the boxes on the right side of the results page:

Refine Results

Filter by Job Role

Top Matching Books

In addition, each topic in the results includes links
to show only results from that product or to hide results from that
product if the entire product is not relevant.